- 9-year-old Instagram star Lil Tay deleted everything from Instagram again.
- She left an Instagram story that says "Help me" and no one is sure what's going on.
- Earlier this year, people started asking whether she's receiving appropriate care and parental supervision — and fans are worried.
Lil Tay deleted everything from her Instagram page once again on Thursday. This time, she left an ominous message: "Help me."
An email address associated with the nine-year-old Instagram celebrity's management team didn't immediately respond to INSIDER's request for comment.
Lil Tay, an internet celebrity with 2.7 million followers on Instagram, is known for her rapper-like swagger. Past videos show her cursing, trash-talking other internet celebrities, and boasting about buying expensive cars.
In the spring, a series of stories sought to answer several obvious questions raised by her celebrity status. Is her family caring for her? Where are her parents? Why is she hanging out with Jake Paul? Who's managing her career? Shouldn't she be in school?
Around that time, a person who claims to have edited Lil Tay's videos for YouTube and Instagram leaked a video of her brother apparently feeding her lines for the camera. A person close to the leaker told INSIDER that the video was published on Instagram after Lil Tay's management team cut them off from her inner circle.
In June, Lil Tay's Instagram was mysteriously wiped.
"I am rebranding Lil Tay ... stay tuned," Diomi Cordero, a spokesperson for Lil Tay, told BuzzFeed News at the time.
Her latest disappearance and cry for help has fans worried.
—BIG HOMIE QUAN🔗 (@QuanThaDon_) July 5, 2018
—Court (@courtneymarlow_) July 5, 2018
—big mishapocalypse (@katieundercover) July 5, 2018
—megs ♡ (@megxnwallace) July 5, 2018
—udin (@heely47shawty) July 5, 2018
—i put the sad in quesadilla 🌙 kuanlin love bot (@KasumiUmi) July 5, 2018
Since her initial Instagram deletion in June, Lil Tay has surfaced only a few times, most prominently to pay tribute to her "father figure" XXXTentacion — a 20-year-old rapper who allegedly beat and strangled his pregnant girlfriend, and was shot and killed that month.
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